Humboldtiana nuevoleonis
Humboldtiana nuevoleonis is a species of American air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Humboldtianidae.
| Humboldtiana nuevoleonis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Xanthonychidae |
| Genus: | Humboldtiana |
| Species: | H. nuevoleonis |
| Binomial name | |
| Humboldtiana nuevoleonis Pilsbry, 1927 | |
Anatomy
The scanning electron microscope image of the love dart of Humboldtiana nuevoleonis: lateral view (above), scale bar 500 μm (0.5 mm); and a cross section of the dart (below), scale bar 50 μm.
Snails in this species create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
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